Post by Admin on Dec 11, 2018 3:13:00 GMT
There are two types of free agency in Turtle Ball:
Restricted Free Agency (RFA) and Unrestricted Free Agency (UFA).
Restricted Free Agency:
-Restricted Free Agency takes place in the off-season when a team uses a Restricted Tag on one of its pending free agents (normally held in January).
-Minimum bids of $0.5
-In Restricted Free Agency, all teams are allowed to bid on the player, with the team that owns his rights having the option to match the highest legal bid or allow the team with the highest bid to sign him.
-When placing a bid during Restricted Free Agency, you must bid within the following guidelines:
-The team with the option to match the winning bid has 72 hours after results are released to announce its decision. After that, the highest, legal bid owns the player.
RFA Compensation:
-Type A > 1st round pick and 1st round comp pick
-Type B > 2nd round pick and 1st round comp pick
-Type C > 1st round comp pick
-Type D > 2nd round comp pick
RFA Minimum Bid starting $:
-Type A > $15
-Type B > $12
-Type C > $10
-Type D > $6
Comp Picks-Current FYPD
Team's Picks-Next FYPD
-Comp pick order to be decided based on Comp Type/$/length of contract
Unrestricted Free Agency (Off-season):
-Unrestricted Free Agency begins immediately after the Restricted Free Agency period and last throughout the rest of the off-season and the entire regular season up until the Trade Deadline.
-Minimum bids of $0.5
- International Professionals are eligible for UFA - Players with at least five years of professional experience (outside of MLB) that are 23 years of age or older have been considered professionals and been exempt from international bonus pools as declared by MLB. Example Ohtani would be of been eligible for UFA last season
-Off-Season Unrestricted Free Agents will be posted in groups by Position by the League Office. After the players are posted as up-for-bid, all 30 teams have the right to bid on the player with nobody having the option to match the winning bid. Unrestricted Free Agents always go to the highest legal bid.
- Off-Season Unrestricted Free Agency always runs from Monday through Sunday, and bidding remaining open to all 30 teams thru Friday. Results of the bidding will be announced over the weekend.
In-Season Free Agency:
- In-Season Unrestricted Free Agency, a player can be posted for In-Season if they accumulate 1 AB/1 IP and must be posted Monday-Wednesday (at 11:59 PM est) will be subject for open bidding up until Friday (11:59 PM est) of that week.
-Minimum bids of $0.5
- PM "Free Agency Account" with Bids
*Note:MiLB players with no AB/IP during that season are not eligible to be posted for FA.*
Open Bidding
-All free agency in Turtle Ball Dynasty League is done by open bidding.
- Free Agents will be auctioned off, meaning every team has the chance to acquire a free agent. As in an auction, the highest bidder wins. However, to win the
auction, your bid must stand the highest for at least 24 hours. The minimum contract length is 1 year. Maximum contract length is 4 years.
- The minimum allowed salary per year is $0.5M.
- Minimum bid increment is $0.2M per season. In other words, if the current bid is 2 years, $2M total, the next bid must be at least 2 years, $2.2M total.
-You are not allowed to bid more money than you have available to use. If a team has $30M available, it cannot have a winning bid of $25M on 1 player, $4M on another, and $3M on another (total: $32M) all at the same time.
- You must place your current outstanding bids and your remaining cap with every bid for it to be valid. Noncompliance will result in an invalid bid.
- You may NOT edit a bid outside of adding/correcting cash. You may NOT delete a bid. Editing a bid to invalidate it or deleting a valid bid will result in some currently undetermined punishment.
-When submitting a bid, the following information should always be included in order for the bid to be legal:
-Your team name and the player's name you are bidding on
-Number of years of the contract's and total money offered
-Average Annual Salary ("AAS")
-Submit bid to the tenths (bids not submitted to the tenths are invalid)
Bid Value and Structure (BV)
- The primary criteria in determining a winner is the BID VALUE, of the total value of the contract.
1 year - Total $ * 1.6
2 years - Total $ * 1.4
3 years - Total $ * 1.2
4 years - Total $ * 1.0
Winning Bids/Turtle Ball Contracts
The following restrictions apply to both Restricted and Unrestricted free agency contracts:
- The year-by-year breakdown of the contract will be announced by the winning GM after the winning bids are announced.
- The highest single year salary of a contract may not exceed 125% of AAV
- The lowest single year salary of a contract may not be less than 75% of AAV
Releasing Players
-Teams may release players into Unrestricted Free Agency by simply posting the player's name in the Players Released section of the Proboards site.
-If the player is on a Minor League or Prospect Protected contract he can be released without penalty.
- This penalty may be paid in full this season as long as it is applied before Trade Deadline of the current season, or at 50 percent yearly for the remainder of the contract. It can be paid in full one time as well.
- This will be a permanent decision to waive a player to free agency (non-revocable). Once posted, a player will be subject to hold for a 72 hour period, during which two actions can be taken.
1. Player can be claimed by another team, of which posting team will receive nothing in return and the claiming team will take on the player and his entire contract. If 2 teams place a claim for the same period, waiver order will be consulted (which will be determined by the reverse order of MLB Inaugural Draft). The waiver order will be updated accordingly after each successful waiver claim. Posted in the "Waiver Order" thread.
2. Player goes unclaimed, of which the posting team will be responsible for 50% of the remaining contract. The GM can choose to eat the buyout amount in the current year spread the amount out over the remaining term.
Rickie Weeks 4yr contract
1:$3
2:$3
3:$3
4:$3
buyout can be eaten in the current year = penalty $6 (50% of total contract)
buyout spread out = $1.5 / $1.5 / $1.5 / $1.5 (50% for each year)
Retirement & Career Ending Injuries
Retirement should a player that is under a Turtle Ball contract retire due to old age, the team that owns that contract is still obligated to pay him that contract. This will prevent GM's from offering long and backloaded contracts to older veterans.
If a player decides to play in Japan or elsewhere, his contract remains in effect. Not being good enough or not wanting to play in MLB is not reason for a contract to be voided.
Under some extremely rare circumstances, a player will suffer an injury that prevents him from continuing with his career. The Admins have the discretion to void a contract in such a case. Generally, a contract wll not be voided absent extreme circumstances. An example of such a case, is Daryl Kile, Nick Adenhart, or Ryan Westmoreland. As a general rule, a baseball injury is not grounds for voiding a contract.
Additional Free Agency Rules
- All bids are legal and binding.
- A player not signed to a contract with one of the 30 Major League franchises may not be announced as up-for-bid in either RFA or URFA.
-If you post a player for bidding, this does not count as a minimum bid. You must submit a bid to the League Office account
- During offseason max you can go over salary is $10 per tier and up to 35 MLB players/60 MiLB
Restricted Free Agency (RFA) and Unrestricted Free Agency (UFA).
Restricted Free Agency:
-Restricted Free Agency takes place in the off-season when a team uses a Restricted Tag on one of its pending free agents (normally held in January).
-Minimum bids of $0.5
-In Restricted Free Agency, all teams are allowed to bid on the player, with the team that owns his rights having the option to match the highest legal bid or allow the team with the highest bid to sign him.
-When placing a bid during Restricted Free Agency, you must bid within the following guidelines:
-The team with the option to match the winning bid has 72 hours after results are released to announce its decision. After that, the highest, legal bid owns the player.
RFA Compensation:
-Type A > 1st round pick and 1st round comp pick
-Type B > 2nd round pick and 1st round comp pick
-Type C > 1st round comp pick
-Type D > 2nd round comp pick
RFA Minimum Bid starting $:
-Type A > $15
-Type B > $12
-Type C > $10
-Type D > $6
Comp Picks-Current FYPD
Team's Picks-Next FYPD
-Comp pick order to be decided based on Comp Type/$/length of contract
Unrestricted Free Agency (Off-season):
-Unrestricted Free Agency begins immediately after the Restricted Free Agency period and last throughout the rest of the off-season and the entire regular season up until the Trade Deadline.
-Minimum bids of $0.5
- International Professionals are eligible for UFA - Players with at least five years of professional experience (outside of MLB) that are 23 years of age or older have been considered professionals and been exempt from international bonus pools as declared by MLB. Example Ohtani would be of been eligible for UFA last season
-Off-Season Unrestricted Free Agents will be posted in groups by Position by the League Office. After the players are posted as up-for-bid, all 30 teams have the right to bid on the player with nobody having the option to match the winning bid. Unrestricted Free Agents always go to the highest legal bid.
- Off-Season Unrestricted Free Agency always runs from Monday through Sunday, and bidding remaining open to all 30 teams thru Friday. Results of the bidding will be announced over the weekend.
In-Season Free Agency:
- In-Season Unrestricted Free Agency, a player can be posted for In-Season if they accumulate 1 AB/1 IP and must be posted Monday-Wednesday (at 11:59 PM est) will be subject for open bidding up until Friday (11:59 PM est) of that week.
-Minimum bids of $0.5
- PM "Free Agency Account" with Bids
*Note:MiLB players with no AB/IP during that season are not eligible to be posted for FA.*
Open Bidding
-All free agency in Turtle Ball Dynasty League is done by open bidding.
- Free Agents will be auctioned off, meaning every team has the chance to acquire a free agent. As in an auction, the highest bidder wins. However, to win the
auction, your bid must stand the highest for at least 24 hours. The minimum contract length is 1 year. Maximum contract length is 4 years.
- The minimum allowed salary per year is $0.5M.
- Minimum bid increment is $0.2M per season. In other words, if the current bid is 2 years, $2M total, the next bid must be at least 2 years, $2.2M total.
-You are not allowed to bid more money than you have available to use. If a team has $30M available, it cannot have a winning bid of $25M on 1 player, $4M on another, and $3M on another (total: $32M) all at the same time.
- You must place your current outstanding bids and your remaining cap with every bid for it to be valid. Noncompliance will result in an invalid bid.
- You may NOT edit a bid outside of adding/correcting cash. You may NOT delete a bid. Editing a bid to invalidate it or deleting a valid bid will result in some currently undetermined punishment.
-When submitting a bid, the following information should always be included in order for the bid to be legal:
-Your team name and the player's name you are bidding on
-Number of years of the contract's and total money offered
-Average Annual Salary ("AAS")
-Submit bid to the tenths (bids not submitted to the tenths are invalid)
Bid Value and Structure (BV)
- The primary criteria in determining a winner is the BID VALUE, of the total value of the contract.
1 year - Total $ * 1.6
2 years - Total $ * 1.4
3 years - Total $ * 1.2
4 years - Total $ * 1.0
Winning Bids/Turtle Ball Contracts
The following restrictions apply to both Restricted and Unrestricted free agency contracts:
- The year-by-year breakdown of the contract will be announced by the winning GM after the winning bids are announced.
- The highest single year salary of a contract may not exceed 125% of AAV
- The lowest single year salary of a contract may not be less than 75% of AAV
Releasing Players
-Teams may release players into Unrestricted Free Agency by simply posting the player's name in the Players Released section of the Proboards site.
-If the player is on a Minor League or Prospect Protected contract he can be released without penalty.
- This penalty may be paid in full this season as long as it is applied before Trade Deadline of the current season, or at 50 percent yearly for the remainder of the contract. It can be paid in full one time as well.
- This will be a permanent decision to waive a player to free agency (non-revocable). Once posted, a player will be subject to hold for a 72 hour period, during which two actions can be taken.
1. Player can be claimed by another team, of which posting team will receive nothing in return and the claiming team will take on the player and his entire contract. If 2 teams place a claim for the same period, waiver order will be consulted (which will be determined by the reverse order of MLB Inaugural Draft). The waiver order will be updated accordingly after each successful waiver claim. Posted in the "Waiver Order" thread.
2. Player goes unclaimed, of which the posting team will be responsible for 50% of the remaining contract. The GM can choose to eat the buyout amount in the current year spread the amount out over the remaining term.
Rickie Weeks 4yr contract
1:$3
2:$3
3:$3
4:$3
buyout can be eaten in the current year = penalty $6 (50% of total contract)
buyout spread out = $1.5 / $1.5 / $1.5 / $1.5 (50% for each year)
Retirement & Career Ending Injuries
Retirement should a player that is under a Turtle Ball contract retire due to old age, the team that owns that contract is still obligated to pay him that contract. This will prevent GM's from offering long and backloaded contracts to older veterans.
If a player decides to play in Japan or elsewhere, his contract remains in effect. Not being good enough or not wanting to play in MLB is not reason for a contract to be voided.
Under some extremely rare circumstances, a player will suffer an injury that prevents him from continuing with his career. The Admins have the discretion to void a contract in such a case. Generally, a contract wll not be voided absent extreme circumstances. An example of such a case, is Daryl Kile, Nick Adenhart, or Ryan Westmoreland. As a general rule, a baseball injury is not grounds for voiding a contract.
Additional Free Agency Rules
- All bids are legal and binding.
- A player not signed to a contract with one of the 30 Major League franchises may not be announced as up-for-bid in either RFA or URFA.
-If you post a player for bidding, this does not count as a minimum bid. You must submit a bid to the League Office account
- During offseason max you can go over salary is $10 per tier and up to 35 MLB players/60 MiLB